Apple's iPhone 4 signal problems have been the source of a barrage of complaints by customers complaining of a faulty antenna and now Steve Jobs has broken the silence. In an e-mail Jobs downplayed users' reception gripes as a "non-issue." Meanwhile, others within Apple are advising iPhone 4 users to avoid gripping the device from the lower left corner.

Some of you noticed and asked us about recent changes we made to Gmail for mobile and a few of our other mobile web apps. If you use the web browser to access Gmail, Latitude, Calendar, or Tasks on your Android-powered device or iPhone, you'll see that we freshened up the look of the buttons and toolbars.

There were interesting clocks on every aisle: digital and analog, with hands formed out of slivers of steel, forks, Lego, romping cows, even little plastic insects (on a clock shaped like a flyswatter). Stylish or silly, design studios have fun concocting clever ways to combine artistry and timekeeping.

In the last five years, consumers have been able to find new home décor, tabletop accessories and foods in the Baton Rouge market within just eight months of their being introduced at the trendy fashion houses in Manhattan or posh boutiques in Los Angeles and San Francisco.